how NOT to use a computer

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WARNING! this post is in more of a microblog style, so if you are allergic to microblogging, then please exit.

these are some things you absolutely should not do on a computer, with effects ranging from can-be-fixed-with-a-force-shutdown to Absolutely Catastrophic.

  1. messing with your bootloader settings and not knowing what you're doing
  2. flashing a bios update while a thunderstorm is happening and your power going out mid-way
  3. making a fork bomb and running it on your main machine "just to see what would happen"
  4. losing network connection midway while updating your system and rebooting without reconnecting and re-updating
  5. randomly pressing keys while in SysRq mode